High training workloads alone do not cause sports injuries: How you get there is the real issue

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 444-445

  Gabbett, Tim J ^a,b   Hulin, Billy T ^c   Blanch, Peter ^d,e   Whiteley, Rod ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RETURN TO SPORT; SPORT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; RETURN TO SPORT; SPORTS;

EID: 84958268077     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095567     Document Type: Editorial

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